Wagon-body brace



H. L. BARNARD ET AL Sept 4, 1923.

WAGON B oDY BRACE Filed Sept. 11', 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Z 3:1. ucm/(oz Z7 2f? AML @Izar-Zes Muy/2mm@ @WW1/moo @M01/n m g sept. 4, 1923.

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REY L. BARNARD, OFMONTPYOCONO, AND CHARLES A. NAUMAN, RTR., F CRESCO,

PENNSYLVANIA; SAID NAUMAN ASSIGNOR TO BARNARD.

' WAGON-BODY BRACE.

Application led September 11, 1922. Serial No. 587,441. l

To all/:01mm it may'concem: y Be it known that we, HARRY L. BARNARD AND CHARLES A. NAUMAN, Jr., citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at a Mount Pocono and Cresce, in the county'of Monroe and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Body Braces; and we do declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact descriptionV of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the'same.

This invention relates to a brace for use in connection with the body of a vehicle such as atruck used for hauling'heavy loads, and one object of theinvention is to provide a brace which is so constructed that when the body portion is swung upwardly, it will be prevented from twisting. It often happens that when a. truck body is1oaded, greater weight will be placed atl one side than the other and this will cause twisting of the body either during hauling of the load from one place to another or during tilting of the body to cause the load to pass out through the open rear end ofthe body.

Another object ofthe invention is to pro# vide a brace which is so constructed that it Amay be put in place in connection with a S9 conventional structure of body support and` firmly held in place.; p

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is-aierspective view showing a vehicle body provided with the improved bracing means.

Figure 2 is a top plan viewpof the support for the vehicle body/or boxif'with the brace shown in place. Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional View taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Figures 4 and 5 are transverse sectional views taken along the lines 4-4 and 5--5' respectively of Fig. 2. Figure 6 is a fragmentary top plan view showing a `modified construction.

Figure 7 is a transveise sectional view taken along the line 7-7 of Fig. 6. Figure 8 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line ,8 8 of Fig. 6.

'Figure 9 is a fragmentary perspectlve view showing a modified construction of brace. f

This brace is for use in connection with a conventional structure of vehicle lof the 3. These side bars 3 are pivotally mounted dumping type.A Referring to Fig. l, it will be seen that the body or box l of this vehicle rests upon cross bars 2 which are firmly secured to longitudinally extending side bars l by means of bearing brackets 4 which are carried by longitudinally extendingvbars 5. A conventional construction of hoisting -means H has been shown for swingmg the present form .are of substantially the same size as the. I-beams from which the side bars 3 are formed. These bracing bars 6 are bent to provide end portions 7 which extend parallel to the end portions of the bars 3 and are further bent to 'provide intermediate portions which extend towards eachother and at a point intermediate the length and width of tie wagon box support extend parallel., These lparallel section's 8 and the end portions 7 are provided with openings so that securing bolts 9 which are passed through openings formed in the blocks 10 and 1l may be passed through the bracing bars and through the side bars 3 and firmly hold the filler blocks l0 and l1 inplace. -By havingthese filler blocks positionedbetween the sections 8 and between the end portions 7 and end portions of the bars 3, the bracing bars will be firmly held-in the desired position and will be prevented Afrom having longitudinal movement or vertical move-l ment. If desired, the bracin bars may be riveted -or otherwise secure to the cross bars 2.

In Figs. 6, 7 and 8 there has been shown a slightly modified construction in which the side bars 3 and the bracing bars 6 are formed of channel iron instead of being formed of Lbeams. The blocks l0 which are positioned I between `the side bars 3 andthe end por tions 7'of the bracing bars are secured by bolts 9 after the manner shown in Figs. 2 to 5 but' the blocks 1l in addition to being secured by the `bolts 9 is also held in place by bolts 12. The flanges of the bracing vbars extend outwardly and the flanges of the side bars 3 extend inwardly. Therefore, the flanges of these barswill extend above and below the blocks 10. The web portion of the bracing bars 6 extend between the blocks '11 and the bolts 9 pass through the blocks 11 and web portions of t-he bars 6 and the bolts 12 extend through openings which will be formedin the web of the bars. lVashers 13 have been placed upon the upper end portions ,of these bolts l2 so that they willovcrlap the flanges-of the bars. If desired, similar washers may be placed upon the lower end portions of these bolts before the securing nuts are put in place. It should be noted that instead of having a single block 11 for filling the space between the flanges of the intermediate portions of the bars 6 in this form there has been provided two blocks. In Fig. 9, there has been provided a further modification in which the bracing bars 6 have' their fianges extending inwardly instead of outwardly. A single block l1 can therefore be secured between the intermediate portions 8 of the bracing bars.

I-beaIns 14m-ay be secured against the webs of the bracing bars between the upper and lower fianges thereof'. Therefore, the bracing bars will be veryfirmly braced and any tendency towards bending prevented. lVhen the braces are put in place and secured with the blocks 10 and 11 in place, the end portions of the bracing bars will be secured to the end portions of the side bars 3. Therefore, when the wagon box is swungupwardly to permit passing of material through the rear end thereof, the body will be firmly braced and will be prevented from twisting and thus becoming warped and prevented from resting properly when again swung downwardly to the normal position.

A very efficient brace has therefore been provided for preventing the vehicle body or In order to strengthen the bracing bars, smaller box from becoming twisted out of shape by heavy loads which arcunevenly distributed in the body.

We claim:

l. In combination with a tilting support for end dumping truck body, said support lincluding longitudinally extending side bars lpivotally mounted at their rear ends, of

bracing bars extending longitudinally of: said support between said side bars and lha ving their end portions extending parallel to the side bars and their intermediate portions converging towards the center of said support and` provided intermediate the length of the support with portions extending parallel to each other, said side bars and bracing bars being provided with upper and lower flanges, filler blocks positioned between the fianges of the end portions of the bracing bars and `side bars and between the flanges of the central portions of the bracing bars, and fasteners and fastener bolts passing through said bars and filler blocks.

2. In combination with a tilting support for an end dumping truck body, said sup- .port including longitudinally extending side bars pivotally mounted at their rear ends, of bracingr bars extending 'longitudinally of said support between said side bars and having their end portions extending parallel to the side bars and their intermediate portions converging towards the center of said support and provided -intermediate the length of the support with portions extending parallel to each other and longif tudinally of the support. means securing the end portlons of the bracing bars to said side bars, and means securing the intermediate portions of the bracing bars to each other. In testimony whereof we have hereunto afiixed our signatures.

HARRY. L. BARNARD.

CHARLES A. NAUMAN, Jr..l 

